ABAO BILBAO OPERA CONFERENCE:
“VERDI FOR THE AGES”, MAY 27-29, 2023.

Location

Biskaia Aretoa UPV/EHU hall Baroja

Free entrance
Free access until full capacity

Programme

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Saturday, 27 May

10:30
Inauguración institucional

11:00
Session I. Round Table: Verdi in Spanish speaking theatres and seasons.
Coordinator: Luis Gago (Madrid)
Speakers: Isamay Benavente (Ópera XXI), Joan Matabosch (Teatro Real), Cesidio Niño (ABAO Bilbao Ópera), Augusto Techera (Teatro Colón Buenos Aires)
Jesús Iglesias (Palau de Les Arts) (Online participation)

12:45
Conclusions and Questions


16:00

Session II. Performing Verdi.

Coordinator: Vincenzina C. Ottomano (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)

Speakers: Helen M. Greenwald (New England Conservatory): “Verdi’s Dramatic Dictates: Mirella Freni, Renée Fleming, and the ‘Willow Song’ from Otello” [Presentación ONLINE]
David Lawton (Stony Brook University): “Vibrato y portamento: Tocando instrumentos de cuerdas en el siglo XIX”

17:30
Coffee Break

18:00
Workshop: “Verdi in the Rehearsal Room: Leonora’s Cavatina in Il trovatore”
Speakers: Francesco Izzo (University of Southampton), David Lawton (Stony Brook University), and Ilaria Alida Quilico (Carema, Italia):  Workshop: “Verdi in the Rehearsal Room: Leonora’s Cavatina in Il trovatore”

18:30
Conclusions session II

Sunday, 28 May

10:30

Session III. Verdi’s creative process. Sketches, drafts, scores

Coordinator: Alessandro Roccatagliati (University of Ferrara y Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani)

Speakers: Giovanni Meriani (Università di Verona): “Gli abbozzi e la composizione di Luisa Miller”
Fabrizio Della Seta (Università di Pavia): “Novità sulla creazione verdiana: la Sinfonia di Aida”
12:15
Coffee break

12:45
Speakers: Vincenzina C. Ottomano (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia): “Falstaff allo specchio: uno sguardo sul processo compositivo dell’ultima opera verdiana”
Carlida Steffan (Conservatorio di Modena y Università di Ferrara): “«Ho già trovato, e fatto…»: la genesi laboriosa dello Stornello per l’Album-Piave” [ONLINE participation]
14:00 Conclusions session III

16:00
Session IV. Verdi in the world. Cultural Transmission, stages and languages.
Coordinator: Victor Sanchez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Speakers: Mark Everist (University of Southampton): “Verdi in Paris – Paris in Verdi”
Candida Mantica (Università di Pavia): “‘Making up’ Clemente Fracassi’s Aida’ [Presentación ONLINE]

17:30
Coffee Break

Speakers: Roberta Montemorra Marvin (University of Iowa / University of Massachusetts): “Verdi and the Victorians: Transmission, Translation, Tradition” [Presentación ONLINE]
Mario Lerena (Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga): “Verdi zarzuelero: parodia, émulo, homenaje y afinidad verdianas en la lírica Española”

18:30
Conclusions session IV


Monday, 29 May

10:00

Session V. Verdi, academy, university

Coordinator: Pablo Rodriguez (Universidad de la Rioja)

Speakers: Victor Sánchez Sánchez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): “Verdi y los estudios de ópera en la Universidad Española”
Alessandro Roccatagliati (Università di Ferrara y Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani): “Elevare il sapere su Verdi in Italia: per una nuova integrazione tra università, centri di ricerca, conservatori, teatri”
Francesco Izzo (University of Southampton): “Teaching Italian Opera in the Anglophone World”

11:30
Coffee Break

12:00
Session VI. Staging, media, technology
Coordinator: Álvaro Torrente (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Speakers: Pablo Rodriguez (Universidad de la Rioja): “The Rise of Verdi on Record: Fred Gaisberg and the Early Gramophone Recordings in Milan (1902-1906)”
Andreas Giger (Louisiana State University): “Music and Staging in Verdi’s Otello”
Jaume Radigales (Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona): “Verdi en pantallas: del cine al streaming”

14:00
Closing ceremony